CESI, formerly ''Centre des études supérieures industrielles'', is a French graduate engineering school created in 1958.
Its headquarters are in
Nanterre close to
Paris
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and it is located in 29 campuses in
France
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Spain
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Algeria
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and
Cameroun
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The College is member of the
Union of Independent Grandes Écoles
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Its goal, according to its founders, is to bring together engineering ''gran ...
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History
CESI and its engineering school, EI.CESI, were created in 1958 by five industrial groups:
SNECMA (now Safran Aircraft Engines),
Renault
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Télémécanique,
Chausson and CEM, in order to deal with for the shortage of